Fresh Air

1. Mary Roach On Our Remarkable, Replaceable Bodies (2025-09-16)
2. The Cost Of Gun Violence On Black Life (2025-09-15)
3. Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso) (2025-09-14)
4. Best Of: Rob Reiner On 'Spinal Tap II' / Billy Strings (2025-09-14)
5. Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence' (2025-09-12)
6. NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner (2025-09-11)
7. The Future Of Free And Fair Elections (2025-09-10)
8. Rob Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Still Goes To 11 (2025-09-09)
9. Bluegrass Star Billy Strings (2025-09-08)
10. Best Of : Jane Fonda / Spike Lee (2025-09-06)
11. Noah Wyle, Star Of 'The Pitt' (2025-09-05)
12. How Does Pain Work? Dr. Sanjay Gupta Explains (2025-09-04)
13. RFK Jr.'s Impact On Americans' Health (2025-09-03)
14. Jane Fonda Is Not Backing Down (2025-09-02)
15. Roots of Rock and R&B: Dion and Allen Toussaint (2025-09-01)
16. Roots of R&B: Charles Brown & Ray Charles (2025-08-30)
17. Roots of R&B: 'Stand By Me' (2025-08-29)
18. Roots of R&B: Johnny Otis & Etta James (2025-08-27)
19. Roots of Rock: Sun Records & Johnny Cash (2025-08-26)
20. Roots Of Rock: "Blue Suede Shoes" (2025-08-25)
21. Remembering Actor Terence Stamp (2025-08-22)
22. Robert Reich: The Baby Boomers Fell Short (2025-08-21)
23. The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept. (2025-08-20)
24. Spike Lee On Dynamic Duos & Reimagining Kurosawa (2025-08-19)
25. Bowen Yang's 'Wicked' White Lie (2025-08-18)
26. Thomas Mallon (2025-08-15)
27. Best Of: AI's Writing Critique / The Rise And Fall Of Condé Nast (2025-08-15)
28. Pedro Pascal Got Fired A Lot (2025-08-14)
29. Musician Charley Crockett's Road From Busking To The Grammys (2025-08-13)
30. Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s (2025-08-12)
31. Daniel Dae Kim Fakes His Own Death In 'Butterfly' (2025-08-12)
32. Best Of: Making 'Born To Run' / Why We Can't Sleep (2025-08-09)
33. Remembering Eddie Palmieri / Funk Innovator George Clinton (2025-08-08)
34. The Making Of Springsteen's 'Born To Run' (2025-08-07)
35. The Nihilistic War In Sudan (2025-08-06)
36. Sarah Silverman Gets the Last Laugh in 'PostMortem' (2025-08-06)
37. How The 1979 Revolution Transformed Iran (2025-08-04)
38. Best Of: Mariska Hargitay / Marc Maron (2025-08-02)
39. Correcting The Record On Elvis's Manager (2025-07-31)
40. Has NASA Ceded Its Mission To Elon Musk? (2025-07-30)
41. Comic Marc Maron On Grief, Cats, And Being Openhearted (2025-07-29)
42. Mariska Hargitay On Freeing Herself From Generational Trauma (2025-07-28)
43. Best Of: Actor Leslie Uggams / Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present (2025-07-26)
44. Remembering Lyricist Alan Bergman / The 'Outrageous' Jessica Mitford (2025-07-25)
45. The Shifting Landscape Of Higher Education (2025-07-24)
46. A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech (2025-07-23)
47. Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business (2025-07-22)
48. Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present (2025-07-21)
49. Best Of: Stacey Abrams / Raphael Saadiq (2025-07-19)
50. In The Dugout With Baseball All Stars (2025-07-18)
51. Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media (2025-07-18)
52. The Dominance & Decline Of The Condé Nast Magazine Empire (2025-07-17)
53. Rising Floods, Cuts To FEMA And Future Chaos (2025-07-16)
54. Stacey Abrams On American Autocracy & Her New Chapter (2025-07-15)
55. The 'Jailhouse Lawyer' Who Freed Innocent People — Including Himself (2025-07-14)
56. Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe (2025-07-12)
57. Danzy Senna Writes Herself (& Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence (2025-07-11)
58. SCOTUS & The Reconception Of American Constitutional Order (2025-07-10)
59. Doula & Novelist Leila Mottley On The Nuance Of Young Parenthood (2025-07-09)
60. Raphael Saadiq's Secret To Creative Success: 'Dare To Suck' (2025-07-08)
61. Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone (2025-07-07)
62. Best Of: 'Hamilton' Producer Jeffrey Seller / Ebon Moss-Bachrach On 'The Bear' (2025-07-05)
63. How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star (2025-07-04)
64. A 'Failed Child Star' Looks Back On Her Unconventional Childhood (2025-07-03)
65. How Communities, Families & The Economy Are Impacted By ICE (2025-07-02)
66. Remembering Renowned Broadcaster Bill Moyers (2025-07-01)
67. A Theater Kid's Path To Broadway Producer (2025-06-30)
68. Best Of: 'Hysterical' Podcaster / 'Seinfeld' Writer (2025-06-28)
69. Remembering War Correspondent Rod Nordland (2025-06-27)
70. Virgil Abloh's Unconventional Path To Luxury Fashion (2025-06-26)
71. Ebon Moss-Bachrach Takes Us Inside 'The Bear' Kitchen (2025-06-25)
72. Will Israel And The U.S. Attacks On Iran Affect Tehran's Regime? (2025-06-24)
73. Gen Z Is Having Less Sex. Why? (2025-06-23)
74. Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast (2025-06-21)
75. Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund White (2025-06-20)
76. Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' (2025-06-19)
77. Podcaster Dan Taberski's Investigation Into An Outbreak Of A Mysterious Illness (2025-06-18)
78. 'Seinfeld' Writer & 'Borat' Director Larry Charles (2025-06-17)
79. Witnessing Executions In America's Prisons (2025-06-16)
80. Best Of: Writer Ocean Vuong / Comic Atsuko Okatsuka (2025-06-14)
81. Remembering Brian Wilson, Leader Of The Beach Boys (2025-06-13)
82. Benicio del Toro On Living In Wes Anderson's World (2025-06-13)
83. Inside DOGE, Post Elon Musk (2025-06-11)
84. Molly Jong-Fast Grew Up With A Mother Addicted To Fame (2025-06-10)
85. Comic Atsuko Okatsuka Is Owning Her 'Freak' (2025-06-09)
86. Best Of: The Innovation Of 'I Love Lucy' / Mark Hamill (2025-06-07)
87. Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen (2025-06-06)
88. Ocean Vuong Sees Himself More As A Teacher Than A Writer (2025-06-06)
89. The Face-Off Between Harvard & The Trump Administration (2025-06-04)
90. To Shed Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill Turned To Voiceover Work (2025-06-03)
91. With 'I Love Lucy,' Desi Arnaz Changed TV Forever (2025-06-02)
92. Best Of: Sarah Silverman / Cole Escola (2025-05-31)
93. A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade (2025-05-30)
94. Sarah Silverman Finds The Funny In Grief (2025-05-29)
95. The Talented Mr. Vance (2025-05-28)
96. Author James Patterson On The Art Of Collaboration (2025-05-27)
97. Questlove On Sly Stone And The Burden Of Black Genius (2025-05-26)
98. Best Of: Education & A.I. / Having A Child In The Digital Age (2025-05-24)
99. Remembering Broadway Composer Charles Strouse (2025-05-23)
100. Walton Goggins Was Raised By A Village (2025-05-22)
101. Professors Are Using A.I., Too. Now What? (2025-05-21)
102. Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline (2025-05-20)
103. Cole Escola's 'Stupid' Dream Came True With 'Oh, Mary!' (2025-05-19)
104. Best Of: Ramy Youssef / Danny McBride (2025-05-17)
105. Zombies Frontman Colin Blunstone (2025-05-16)
106. Navigating The 'Wellness' Epidemic (2025-05-15)
107. His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen? (2025-05-14)
108. Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life (2025-05-13)
109. 'Righteous Gemstones' Creator Danny McBride's Love Letter To The South (2025-05-12)
110. Best Of: Michelle Williams / Sarah Snook (2025-05-10)
111. R. Crumb, King Of Underground Comics (2025-05-09)
112. Having A Child In The Digital Age (2025-05-08)
113. President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest (2025-05-07)
114. Michelle Williams Insists On Finding Pleasure & Humor Alongside Pain (2025-05-06)
115. Sarah Snook Almost Didn't Audition For 'Succession' (2025-05-05)
116. Best Of: Inside The Pronatalist Movement / Making Sense Of Trauma (2025-05-03)
117. A Story Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder (2025-05-02)
118. Terry Gross Remembers Her Late Husband, Francis Davis (2025-05-01)
119. Baby Bonuses, Trad Wives & The Pronatalist Movement (2025-04-30)
120. How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (2025-04-29)
121. How Trauma Shapes Us (2025-04-28)
122. Best Of: 'The Pitt' Star Noah Wyle / 'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler (2025-04-26)
123. Merle Haggard On Hopping Trains And Doing Time (2025-04-25)
124. Are Kids With ADHD Being Treated Effectively? (2025-04-24)
125. Ryan Coogler Paid A Steep Price For The Films He Made (2025-04-23)
126. America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism' (2025-04-22)
127. Noah Wyle Is At Home In 'The Pitt' (2025-04-21)
128. Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates (2025-04-19)
129. A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement (2025-04-18)
130. Starvation In American Jail Cells (2025-04-17)
131. The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans' (2025-04-16)
132. Melinda French Gates On Giving Away Her 'Absurd' Wealth (2025-04-15)
133. Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not That Famous (2025-04-14)
134. Best Of: Jason Isbell / David Tennant (2025-04-12)
135. 'Hacks' Returns! With Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs (2025-04-11)
136. The Dark Secrets Of Johnson & Johnson (2025-04-10)
137. Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy (2025-04-09)
138. The 'Fog Of Delusion' In Biden's Inner Circle (2025-04-08)
139. At 3 Years Old, David Tennant Knew He Wanted To Be Doctor Who (2025-04-07)
140. Best Of: Amanda Knox / 'Adolescence' Co-Creator & Actor Stephen Graham (2025-04-05)
141. Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office' (2025-04-04)
142. Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting (2025-04-03)
143. ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America (2025-04-02)
144. Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences (2025-04-01)
145. 'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why (2025-03-31)
146. Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare' (2025-03-29)
147. After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog (2025-03-28)
148. The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria (2025-03-27)
149. Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough? (2025-03-26)
150. Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction (2025-03-25)
151. A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America' (2025-03-24)
152. Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros? (2025-03-22)
153. 50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror' (2025-03-21)
154. The Political Battle For The Bros (2025-03-20)
155. The Promise & Peril Of AI (2025-03-19)
156. Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head (2025-03-18)
157. The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics (2025-03-17)
158. Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu (2025-03-15)
159. Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer (2025-03-14)
160. Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid (2025-03-13)
161. Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version] (2025-03-13)
162. The Gutting Of The Department Of Education (2025-03-12)
163. The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech (2025-03-11)
164. Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood (2025-03-10)
165. Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell (2025-03-08)
166. Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen (2025-03-07)
167. Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark (2025-03-06)
168. How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur? (2025-03-05)
169. Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens (2025-03-04)
170. How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second (2025-03-03)
171. Best Of: Growing Up Murdoch / DOGE's Cuts To The Federal Workforce (2025-03-01)
172. Jeremy Strong / Sebastian Stan / Adrien Brody (2025-02-28)
173. Natasha Rothwell Checks Back Into 'The White Lotus' (2025-02-27)
174. The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge (2025-02-26)
175. The Murdoch Family's Real-Life 'Succession' Rivalry (2025-02-25)
176. The Battle For The Soul Of The Catholic Church (2025-02-24)
177. Best Of: Louis Armstrong's Early Years / Our Anti-Social Century (2025-02-22)
178. Andrew Scott Doesn't See Ripley As A Monster (2025-02-21)
179. A Family Forged By Haiti's Coup (2025-02-20)
180. How Regime Change Happens In America (2025-02-19)
181. What Measles Outbreaks Tell Us About Public Health In America (2025-02-18)
182. Are Trump's Executive Orders Legal? (2025-02-17)
183. Best Of: Sebastian Stan / Questlove On The Genius Of Sly Stone (2025-02-15)
184. 'SNL' Turns 50: Aykroyd, Franken, Zweibel & Lovitz (2025-02-14)
185. 'Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross Makes The Camera 'An Organ' (2025-02-13)
186. How Did Elon Musk Become So Powerful In The Trump Administration? (2025-02-12)
187. For Sebastian Stan, 'The Apprentice' Playing In Theaters Was The Win (2025-02-11)
188. Questlove On Sly Stone & The Burden Of Black Genius (2025-02-10)
189. Best Of: Ariana Grande / Inside A Dominatrix's Dungeon (2025-02-08)
190. Remembering British Singer Marianne Faithfull (2025-02-07)
191. A Dominatrix/Writer Takes Readers Into A Dungeon (2025-02-06)
192. Trump's Plan For Gaza / The U.S. Military's Recruiting Crisis (2025-02-05)
193. Ariana Grande Loves Being In A 'Beautiful Coven' (2025-02-04)
194. Parenting A Child With Terminal Cancer (2025-02-03)
195. Best Of: 50 Years Of SNL Musical Guests / Black History Through Blues (2025-02-01)
196. For 'Severance' Star Adam Scott, Work & Life Can't Be Separated (2025-01-31)
197. How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star (2025-01-30)
198. This Anti-Social American Life (2025-01-29)
199. What The Color Blue Tells About Black History (2025-01-28)
200. Questlove Digs Into 50 years Of 'SNL' Musical Hits (And Misses) (2025-01-27)
201. Best Of: Jesse Eisenberg / Pamela Anderson (2025-01-25)
202. Remembering David Lynch (2025-01-24)
203. Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency (2025-01-23)
204. Pamela Anderson Is Still Reinventing Herself (2025-01-22)
205. Jesse Eisenberg Hated Bar Mitzvahs As A Kid (2025-01-21)
206. MLK, The Organizer & Radical Thinker (2025-01-20)
207. Best Of: Learning From Silence / Comic Roy Wood Jr. (2025-01-18)
208. The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys' (2025-01-17)
209. The Secret History Of The Rape Kit (2025-01-16)
210. How Losing Everything In A Wildfire Led Pico Iyer To Seek Silence (2025-01-15)
211. Can The U.S. Aquire Greenland? & Other Q's About Trump Foreign Policy (2025-01-14)
212. Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism (2025-01-13)
213. Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody (2025-01-11)
214. Joan Baez / Suze Rotolo / Al Kooper On Dylan (2025-01-10)
215. Remembering Jimmy Carter (Part II) (2025-01-09)
216. Tilda Swinton Thinks About Her Death (2025-01-08)
217. Adrien Brody Was Made For 'The Brutalist' (2025-01-07)
218. Getting In Sync With Your Inner Clock (2025-01-06)
219. Best Of: Comic Ronny Chieng / Writer Miranda July (2025-01-04)
220. Comic Nikki Glaser On Roasts & Hurt Feelings (2025-01-03)
221. Alex Van Halen / Selena Gomez (2025-01-02)
222. Sterling K. Brown Was Told By Hollywood To Lose The "Smart-Guy Thing" (2025-01-01)
223. Mark Ruffalo Hates The Hulk Suit (2024-12-31)
224. Remembering President Jimmy Carter (Part I) (2024-12-30)
225. Maggie Rogers / Kathleen Hanna (2024-12-28)
226. Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl (2024-12-27)
227. Jeremy Strong Sees Acting As An Escape From Self (2024-12-26)
228. Pete Seeger / Bruce Springsteen (2024-12-25)
229. David Byrne's Christmas Playlist (2024-12-24)
230. Jon Batiste, Holiday Edition / Questlove Christmas (2024-12-23)
231. Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook (2024-12-21)
232. Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola (2024-12-20)
233. Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours' (2024-12-19)
234. The Looming TikTok Ban (2024-12-18)
235. Billie Eilish & Finneas (2024-12-17)
236. Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job (2024-12-16)
237. Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star (2024-12-15)
238. Best Of: Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' / Visual Artist Mickalene Thomas (2024-12-14)
239. Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile' (2024-12-13)
240. Stephen & Evie Colbert Share The Taste Of Home (2024-12-12)
241. The Housing Shortage, Explained (2024-12-11)
242. Actor Danielle Deadwyler 'Overprepared' For 'The Piano Lesson' (2024-12-11)
243. Jon Batiste Almost Got Kicked Out Of Juilliard (2024-12-09)
244. Werner Herzog Isn't The 'Wild Guy' You Think He Is (2024-12-06)
245. Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy (2024-12-06)
246. A Cultural History Of Hypochondria (2024-12-05)
247. Trump's 2nd Term & The Economy (2024-12-04)
248. Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers (2024-12-03)
249. Folk Musician Jerron Paxton Transports Us To the '20s (2024-12-02)
250. Best Of: Making 'The Piano Lesson' / Selena Gomez (2024-11-30)
251. Pharrell Thinks He Sounds Like Mickey Mouse (2024-11-29)
252. A Yo-Yo Ma Thanksgiving (2024-11-28)
253. Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due (2024-11-27)
254. The Washington Family Brings 'The Piano Lesson' To Film (2024-11-26)
255. A Marine's Portrait Of Her Body At Extremes (2024-11-25)
256. Best Of: Comedy Writer Michael Schur / Actor Jimmy O. Yang (2024-11-23)
257. The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin (2024-11-22)
258. 'Parks And Rec'& 'Good Place' Creator Michael Schur On His New Show (2024-11-21)
259. Trump, Journalism & The Rough Road Ahead (2024-11-20)
260. Selena Gomez Has Found Her Balance (2024-11-19)
261. Actor/Comic Jimmy O. Yang Breaks Out Of The Background (2024-11-18)
262. Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price (2024-11-16)
263. Kerri Russell On 'The Diplomat'/ Remembering Dorothy Allison (2024-11-15)
264. How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price (2024-11-14)
265. What Trump's Foreign Policy Could Look Like (2024-11-13)
266. Why Do We Itch? (2024-11-12)
267. Veteran Phil Klay On A 2nd Trump Administration & The Military (2024-11-11)
268. Best Of: Al Pacino / Saoirse Ronan (2024-11-09)
269. Jenny Slate Finds Strength In Sensitivity (2024-11-08)
270. Freedman's Bank & Economic Disparities Today (2024-11-07)
271. Saoirse Ronan Says Being A Child Actor Shaped Her — For The Better (2024-11-06)
272. Remembering Quincy Jones (2024-11-05)
273. Al Pacino Looks Back On A Legendary Career (2024-11-04)
274. Best Of: Alex Van Halen / Painter Titus Kaphar (2024-11-02)
275. Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr (2024-11-01)
276. What About Foreign Interference In The 2024 Election? (2024-10-31)
277. The Organization Ready To Help Trump Override The Federal Gov't (2024-10-30)
278. Alex Van Halen On Eddie, Fire & 'Feeling It' (2024-10-29)
279. How The Culture Wars Split A Church (2024-10-28)
280. Best Of: Bridget Everett / Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's Son (2024-10-26)
281. Singer-Songwriter Randy Newman (2024-10-25)
282. Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' (2024-10-24)
283. John le Carré's Son Revives His Late Dad's Beloved Spy (2024-10-23)
284. What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trump? (2024-10-22)
285. Bridget Everett On Not Fitting In, Then Finding Her People (2024-10-21)
286. Best Of: Pharrell Williams / Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir (2024-10-19)
287. Tom Petty / 'Reservation Dogs' Co-Creator Sterlin Harjo (2024-10-18)
288. The Battle For Honest And Accountable Government (2024-10-17)
289. An Unprecedented Moment For Abortion, IVF & Fetal Personhood (2024-10-16)
290. Palestinian Poet Reflects On A Life Of Loss (2024-10-15)
291. Riley Keough Helps Mom Lisa Marie Presley Emerge From Elvis' Shadow (2024-10-14)
292. Best Of: Jeremy Strong / Will & Harper's Roadtrip Across America (2024-10-12)
293. Remembering Gospel Singer Cissy Houston / MLB Legend Pete Rose (2024-10-11)
294. Israeli Writer Etgar Keret Reflects On A Year Of War (2024-10-10)
295. Jeremy Strong On Delusion, Dreams and Doing What It Takes [Extended Version] (2024-10-09)
296. Pharrell Williams Sees Colors When He Hears Music (2024-10-08)
297. Will Ferrell & Harper Steele's Roadtrip Across America (2024-10-07)
298. Best Of: Ta-Nehisi Coates / John Leguizamo (2024-10-05)
299. Remembering Maggie Smith and Kris Kristofferson (2024-10-04)
300. The Harris/Trump Economic Proposals, Explained (2024-10-03)